Palestinian rights defenders hacked with NSO's Pegasus, report finds
The investigation found one of the hacked devices belonged to an American citizen.
Six Palestinian human rights defenders were reportedly hacked with Pegasus, according to a new digital forensic investigation into the controversial spyware developed by Israeli cyber-surveillance firm NSO Group.
Front Line Defenders, an Ireland-based international human rights group, investigated 75 iPhones belonging to Palestinian rights defenders and determined that six of them were hacked using Pegasus in 2020 and 2021.
